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by HenryBemis 3391 days ago
I remember reading how Microsoft had weakened Win8 bitlocker security (compared to Win7) [1]. I don't know what is the status/comparison to Win10. If someone has, please reply.

[1] https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/has-bitlocker-been-w...

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From Wikipedia:

Starting with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Microsoft removed the Elephant Diffuser from the BitLocker scheme for no declared reason.[47] Dan Rosendorf's research shows that removing the Elephant Diffuser had an "undeniably negative impact" on the security of BitLocker encryption against a targeted attack.[48] Microsoft later cited performance concerns, and noncompliance with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), to justify the diffuser's removal.[49] Starting with Windows 10 version 1511, however, Microsoft added a new FIPS-compliant XTS-AES encryption algorithm to BitLocker.[6]